Herbert edwin jackson and john alexander anderson



Patented July 26, I898. 0N.

H. E. JACKSON & .1; A. ANDERS DEVICE FOR FACILITATING LIGHTING 0F CYCLEOR OTHER LAMPS.

(Application filed Dec. 3, 1897.)

(No Model.)

lJNr'r-ED STATES PATENT Orrrcn.

HERBERT EDWIN JACKSON AND JOHN ALEXANDER ANDERSON, OFBARROWV-IN-FURNESS, ENGLAND, ASSIGNORS TO WILLIAM H. JACKSON, OFBRADFORD, ENGLAND. I

DEVICE FOR FACILITATING LIGHTING OF CYCLE OR OTHER LAMPS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 608,154, dated July 26,1898. Application filed December 3,1897. gerial No. 660,672. (No model.)Patented in England October 16,1897, No. 23,879.

To (ZZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known we, HERBERT EDWIN J ACK- soN and J HN ALEXANDER ANDERsoN,subjects of the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, residing at 233,Whittaker street, Dalton Road, Barrow-in-Furness, England, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Facilitating theLighting of Cycle or other Lamps, (for which'we have obtained a patentin Great Britain, No. 23,879, dated October 16, 1897;) and we do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

Our invention relates to a new and improved device for facilitating thelighting of cycle lamps and the like, the object being to enable thelamp (in the case of a cycle-lamp) to be lighted without it beingnecessary for the rider to dismount from the machine or being compelledto open the lamp in any way. Moreover, it enables the lamp to be readilylighted in windy weather; and the means we employ to this end is verysimple and effective.

In order that our invention may be fully understood, we will now proceedto describe same, with reference to the accompanying drawings, inwhich-- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a cycle-lamp, showing theapplication thereto of our improved automatic lighting device. Fig. 2 isa back view of the automatic lighting device detached and drawn to aconsiderably-enlarged scale. Fig. 3 is a front view of same, and Fig. 4is a vertical section. Fig. 5 is a plan of the device.

According to our invention we provide an automatic lighting device d,Fig. 1,said device comprising a hollow conical body a, Figs. 2 to 4.,which is cut away at one side, the cutaway portion or opening 0 beingpreferably covered with a plate I) of. flexible or springy metal ormaterialiand which upon its inner surface is preferably roughened orserrated, and behind this plate Z) is arranged a stiffer strip c, ofsteel or other suitable material, designed to keep the plate I) closelyagainst the sides of the lighting device and in such a manner that upona match being forced through the body of same it is ignited by thefriction set up as the head of the match passes beneath the plate I) andthrough the conical body.

The hollow cone a. is circular in cross-section, and its sides areformed 011 converging curves, which are much sharper at the blunt endportion b of the cone. These sides guide the match so that it can onlyproject centrally ,of the cone and at the exactspot where it can ignitethe lamp-wick to the best advantage, and the match is prevented frommissing the wick.

The automatic lighting device is inserted .in the side, back, or othersuitable part of the lamp-body in such a manner that its i11- ner end isin close proximity to the wick, so that by passing a match through sameit is ignited, as hereinbefore described, when the A light can bereadily applied to the wick without opening any part of the lamp, thusrendering it easy for the lamp to be lighted in posi tions or situationswhere it would be practically impossible if the ordinary means had to beadopted.

As a slight modification of our invention instead of employing inconnection with the plate I) a strip such as c said plate I) may be madesufficiently strong and springy of itself as to render unnecessary theuse of such a strip.

Although we have illustrated our invention as applied to a cycle-lamp,we wish it to be understood that we do not restrict ourselves to thisone particular application of the invention, as it may be used inconnection with carriage or other lamps for which it is suitable andwhere its application would be attended with advantageous results.

Having now described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is.-

An igniting device, comprising a hollow cone circular in cross-sectionand having a blunt-pointed end portion provided with an In testimonywhereof We aflix our signaopening' on one side, the sides of the conebetures in presence of two Witnesses.

ing' formed on curves which are sharper at i T Y the said end portionthan at the body of the 5 cone and Which constrain the match to pro- 1 Ll ject centrally 0f the cone, and a spring-con- Vitnesses:

trolled friction-plate normally covering the ELI MITCHELL,

said opening, substantially as set forth. FOSTER GRANGE.

